Enhanced visible light-mediated photocatalysis, antibacterial functions and fabrication of a 3-chlorophenol sensor based on ternary Ag2O·SrO·CaO. Issue 19 (19th March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Subhan, Md Abdus; Rifat, Tanjila Parvin; Chandra Saha, Pallab; Alam, M. M.; Asiri, Abdullah M.; Rahman, Mohammed M.; Akter, Sonia; Raihan, Topu; Azad, A. K.; Uddin, Jamal
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 10:Issue 19(2020)
• Page Start: 11274
• Page End: 11291
• Publication Date: 2020-03-19
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/d0ra01205j
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

Abstract : The electrochemical detection mechanism of 3-CP in PBS buffer using the heterostructure nanocomposite Ag2 O·SrO·CaO. The proposed electrochemical reaction is supposed as C6 OH5 Cl + 11H2 O → 6CO2 + 27H + + Cl − + 26e − . Abstract : A novel multi-metal oxide nanocomposite, Ag2 O·SrO·CaO, was synthesized by a facile co-precipitation method followed by calcinations. The synthesized nanocomposite was characterized by XRD, FESEM, EDS, TEM, FTIR spectroscopy and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The composite showed enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation and excellent anti-bacterial performance against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Here, the synthesized Ag2 O·SrO·CaO nanomaterials were deposited on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) in the form of a thin film to fabricate the desired electrochemical sensor and subjected to I – V analysis of 3-chlorophenol (3-CP) in a phosphate buffer solution (PBS). A calibration curve was plotted from the linear relation of current versus concentration and used to calculate the sensitivity (8.9684 μA μM −1 cm −2 ), linear dynamic range (LDR, 0.1 nM to 0.01 mM) and lower limit of detection (DL, 97.12 ± 4.86 pM). The analytical parameters of the sensor such as response time, reproducibility and long-term stability in the detection of 3-CP were reliable. Finally, it was used to analyze real samples collected from various environmental sources and found to be acceptable.